Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, testified all through a Senate Intelligence Committee listening to on Tuesday.Credit
Eric Thayer for The New York Times

WASHINGTON — Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, contradicted on Tuesday the White House timeline concerning the home abuse scandal involving Rob Porter, the president’s former body of workers secretary. Mr. Wray stated that the bureau brought to the White House a partial document on issues in Mr. Porter’s background in March, months previous than the White House has admitted receiving the tips.

Mr. Porter, one of President Trump’s best aides, was once pressured to renounce closing week after allegations of abuse by way of his two ex-wives have been made public, sparking per week of transferring explanations by way of White House officers about who knew about Mr. Porter’s previous and after they knew it.

Testifying prior to the Senate Intelligence Committee, Mr. Wray didn’t divulge the contents of the bureau’s inquiry. But he stated that when the partial document in March, the F.B.I. gave the White House “a completed background investigation” in overdue July. He stated the bureau gained a request for a “follow-up inquiry” and equipped extra details about Mr. Porter’s background to the White House in November.

He additionally stated that Mr. Porter’s background test investigation was once “administratively closed” in January, weeks prior to the allegations in opposition to Mr. Porter have been publicly recognized.